It is the greatest injustice of our times, you have been charged with a crime that you did not commit.

Who do you want to defend you?

History is filled with famous lawyers and I am giving you free rein. It could be Abraham Lincoln or Barack Obama. Lord Denning or Baroness Hale. Mahatma Gandhi or Nelson Mandela.

In fact I won’t even limit you to reality. How about Atticus Finch from To Kill A Mockingbird? Elle Woods from Legally Blonde has proved an inspiration to many. The RuPaul-inspired Power Bottom QC on Twitter aka @2shadyrow would surely dazzle any courtroom.

For me it is Jackie Chiles. The attorney from Seinfeld who has a powerful way with words. Here he is on the Good Samaritan law but be prepared to have your mind blown within 1 minute and 24 seconds.

The reason this question came up was because in the most recent episode of the UK Law Weekly podcast a defendant had what seemed to be a reasonable request. He wanted the barrister that was senior counsel in hist first trial to act in that role again in his retrial. This was denied and so the premise of the judicial review is about how far the right to a fair trial extends.

Episode link: https://uklawweekly.com/2018-uksc-17/
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